Effects of Cysteine Modification on Microtubule-Motor Protein Function and Tubulin Assembly

Chemical modification is a powerful technique for probing functionally important amino acids. N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) reacts readily with exposed sulfhydryl groups, and has previously been shown to inhibit the activity of MT-motor proteins and tubulin assembly. This project seeks to investigate the m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phelps, Kalmia Kniel
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
Subjects:
Ncd
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9876
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-012899-114123